Douglas Blog
Automating Your Variety Pack Production
Variety packaging isn’t a new game in the beverage industry. Product sales for beverages like flavored malt beverages (FMBs), ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails, seltzers, etc. are driven by variety packs. With…
Is it worth it to go green? Balancing cost and function with eco-friendly secondary packaging
Sustainability is playing a more prominent role in corporate branding and imaging. While primary packaging is playing a key role…
Product pallets: How do robotic palletizers stack up?
Palletizing product requires careful planning. Carton sizes and pallet patterns must come together into one sturdy structure that fits the…
The pet food industry is rapidly growing: Can your secondary packaging line keep up?
Pet food is more than a convenient means to feed the family dog or cat. Today, pets are family, and…
Top changeover challenges for food and beverage manufacturers (and how to solve them)
New products hit store shelves each day, with up to 21,000 new food and beverage products released in a year. That doesn’t…
Pizza production: Making end-of-line packaging fast, consistent and simple
It is common for frozen pizza startups to generally start out doing everything by hand. Assembling the pizza pie and…
How JIT inventory and Shelf-ready packaging are helping retailers
This year has proven to be remarkable in many ways. March 2020 was memorable in how it gave the world…
